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Great Expectations: Twenty-Four True Stories about Childbirth
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Spine Tingling Canada Writing Contest
by Ryan McBride - Thursday Jan 08 2009 12:47 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Fun, Contests and Giveaways

We invite grade five and six students to enter the Spine Tingling Canada writing contest. Write about Canadian people, places, legends or buildings, but make our spines tingle with your chilling stories.

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Robert Sawyer to Be Writer in Residence
by Kent Pollard - Wednesday Jan 07 2009 6:25 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, Authors, SciFi & Fantasy, Saskatoon

Canadian Light Source announced January 7th that Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer would become their first-ever writer in residence as of June 1, 2009.

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2009 Charles Taylor Finalists Announced
by Ryan McBride - Wednesday Jan 07 2009 6:22 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards

The finalists for the 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction have been announced...

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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
by McNally Robinson - Monday Jan 05 2009 10:34 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews


McNally Robinson bookclub facilitator Wendy MacDonald reviews a classic novel of the American Old West.

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The Left Hand of Darkness Optioned for Film
by Chadwick Ginther - Monday Jan 05 2009 10:05 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy, movies


Screenwriter and director Will Phillips has optioned the feature film rights to Ursula K. Le Guin 's Hugo and Nebula Award winning novel, The Left Hand of Darkness. The novel tells the story of Genly Ai, a human emissary to the planet Winter, a world where people are of no gender -- or both.


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